Former hockey captain P R Sreejesh was chosen for the Padma Bhushan, while Ravichandran Ashwin was among the Padma Shri winners.
A goal in each half enabled the Phagwara side stun the IFA Shield runners-up in ther National Football League.
Sunil Chetri scored twice in a 3-0 victory in the National Football League.
JCT staged a strong second half rally to hold formidable Churchill Brothers 1-1 in an exciting ONGC I-league match, at the Nehru stadium in Margao, Goa, on Sunday. Churchill Brothers took the lead in the 27th minute. JCT substitute Amandeep Singh restored parity in the 48th minute. Churchill Brothers now have 11 points from five games while JCT have nine from six.
Striker Akeem's late goal gave the Kolkata side a 2-2 draw in the NFL.
Sporting Clube continued to keep their winning momentum going as they over came a stiff challenge to down JCT 2-1 and remain at the top of the table in the ONGC I-league at the Nehru stadium in Margao on Sunday. Junior Obagbemiro was the star of the show for Sporting as he scored in the 29th and 47th minute, while Jagpreet Singh was the lone scorer for JCT in the 56th minute.
JCT rallied from a goal down to score thrice and tame Sporting Clube de Goa 3-1 in the Group B quarter-final league match of the Osian's 121st Durand Cup in New Delhi on Thursday. With the second edition of the I-League round the corner, JCT showed they have come to terms with life after Sunil Chhetri and Renedy Singh and the convincing 3-1 win saw them top the group.
Harvinder Singh scored a brace in a 3-0 victory in the National Football League.
Sunil Chhetri scored both the goals as the Punjab side won their second round match in the National Football League 2-0.
JCT staged a strong second-half rally to hold Vasco 1-1 in an ONGC I-League match at the Guru Nanak stadium in Ludhiana on Saturday. In Kolkata, Mohammedan Sporting were beaten 0-1 by league leaders Sporting Clube de Goa.
Tollygunge Agragami lost 1-3 to JCT Mills and are staring at relegation in the NFL
JCT stunned defending champions Dempo 2-1 in their opening game of the I-League match.
JCT earned full points by carving out a 2-1 victory over State Bank of Travancore in the National Football League.\n
Renedy Singh's brilliant goal gave the Phagwara side a 2-1 victory and put the Kolkata giants out of the Durand Cup football tournament.
The solitary point from the draw took JCT to sixth place in the National Football League table.
Abdulalatif Sereki scored twice in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
Dempo are third with 32 points from 17 matches, while JCT remain on sixth place with 26 points from 17 matches.
Two quick second-half goals gave the Goa side a 3-1 win in the NFL match.
JCT Phagwara romped home to a 1-0 victory in the\n\neighth National Football League match.
Salgaocar and JCT split points after playing a dull goalless draw in the eight round of the ONGC I-league at Nehru stadium in Margao on Saturday.
East bengal suffered their first defeat in the National Football League going down 0-2.
A 2-0 victory enabled the Punjab team avenge the defeat they suffered in the first leg meeting in the National Football League.
Debutant Shilliong-Lajong FC made a forgettable outing in their opening game of the I-league with a 5-1 drubbing by JCT Phagwara.
Mohammedan Sporting scored in quick succession after the break to beat JCT 2-0 in the ONGC I-League at Yuba Bharati Kriragan in Salt Lake on Saturday.
Newly promoted Vasco held JCT to a goalless draw in a listless second round match of the ONGC I-League at Nehru stadium in Margao on Thursday. The match never rose to great heights as both the teams lacked creativity besides wasting the numerous scoring chances that came their way.
The 2-2 draw kept Churchill in second place in the National Football League standings on better goal difference.
Chidi Edeh scored the all-important goal and took JCT to fourth on the NFL table, behind Churchill Brothers, who whipped Mohd Sporting 4-1 in another match.
JCT play Group I runners-up Sporting Clube de Goa while Dempo take on Group I winners Mohun Bagan in Saturday's semi-finals.
JCT dominated the proceedings but failed to translate the chances that came their way into goals.
A goal in each half by Sunil Chetri helped JCT beat Dempo 3-2 in the National Football League.
Both teams have seven points after five outings in the National Football League.
Costly lapses by Vasco defenders helped JCT to rally and score a 2-1 win in the National Football League.
Sukhwinder Singh scored a goal in the 84th minute for JCT Mills to equalise with Tollygunge.
Sporting Clube De Goa beat JCT Mills Phagwara 1-0 to remain second in the NFL table.
The Phagwara side rallied to dwon Indian Bank 3-1 in the National Football League.
Earnest Jeremiah's goal gave the defending champions a 1-0 victory in the National Football League match.
JCT Mills of Phagwara recorded a comfortable 3-0 win over Churchill Brothers of Goa.
Syed Rahim Nabi scored a brace in a 3-1 victory in the National Football League.
Vasco striker Marcos Pereira turned in a sterling performance despite suffering a bad head injury and was adjudged the man of the National Football League match.
A goal in injury time enabled the Punjab side beat Indian Bank 2-1 in the National Football League.
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